Collar-button.



G. PORTNOY;

COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. 1917.

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ATTORNEY hole in the collar.

GIDAILIE PORTNOY, OF LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA.

COLLAR-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 1, 1918.

Application filed May 26, 1917. Serial No. 171,177.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GDALIE PORTNOY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lynchburg, in the county of Campbell and State of Virginia,have invented new and useful Improvements in Collar-Buttons, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to necktie fasteners of that class which combinewith them a collar button; and the object of the same is to produce asingle toilet article which will both fasten the collar to the shirtband at the rear and retain the band or strap 0f the necktie.

This object is accomplished by constructing the article as hereinaftermore fully described and claimed, and as shown in the drawings whereinFigure l is a perspective view of the rear portion of a collar and shirtband from the inside, showing the collar button in place and indicatingin dotted lines the position of its plate and rollers, and thenecktie-band is here extended beyond one end of the other articles.

Fig. 2 isa perspective view of this device on a considerably enlargedscale.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the article, and Fig. 4 is a plan view showinga modification in that a single roller is employed.

In the drawings the letter S designates the shirt band, C the collar,and N the necktie strap or band where it passes around behind the neck.The shirt may open at the rear or at the front, and it has a button holeat the rear which registers with a similar button My invention is asingle fastener which connects these button holes and at the same timeprovides means for holding the strap of the necktie away from thefastener by anti-friction means.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 2 and 3, the button is hereshown as of a type which is made up of two leaves 1 and 2, hinged at 3to a stem 4, and capable when closed of being folded together so thatthey occupy rather little space and may easily be passed through abutton hole, while I they are capable also when opened of being turnedto right angles so that they will stand in alinement with each otherinside the collar C, At the other end of the stem is a plate 5 which maybe oval or round but is preferably rectangular, and between upturnedears 6 at its ends is journaled a roller 7. There may be two pairs ofears and two rollers as seen in Fig. 2, or a single pair of ears and asingle roller as seen in Fig. 4. The ears may be tangs upstruck from theplate, or wires rising therefrom and extending throughout the length ofa tubular roller, or the tangs may have eyes in which trunnions at theends of the roller extend. These details are not essential, but in anycase I would have the roller or rollers stand but little above or spacedfrom the plate so that the strap N of the necktie may pass over them,and in any case the rollers stand at right angles to the pintle of thehinge 3 for a purpose which will appear.

The device is made of suitable material and of appropriate size. In usethe button is passed through the holes in the shirt band and collar, andif the button be of the type herein described the two leaves are passedthrough said button holes when they are folded together, and are openedouton the inside of the shirt band. This brings the plate 5 fiat upagainst the band of the collar. Now the strap or band N of the necktieis passed around the neck and over the roller or rollers on the plate,and it is perfectly free so that it mav be drawn taut and tied in frontas usual. The presence of this necktie prevents the turning of the plateand therefore the turning of the stem 4 within the button holes.Moreover the engagement of the button stem in the button holes preventsthe tilting movement of the rollers, and therefore these elements alwaysengage the necktie at the back. Thus there is a coaction between theseelements which is essential and desirable in a device of this kind.While I have particularly described a button consisting of two foldingleaves, it is clear that other types of collar button may be employedwithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed as new is As a new article of manufacture, a collarbutton comprising a stem, leaves hinged to one end of the stem, asubstantially rectangular plate fastened across the other end of thestem and having ears at top and bottom, and a roller journaled in saidears with its axis at right angles to the pintle of said hinge, thewhole for use substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GDALIE PORTNOY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for flve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, .D. G.

